Tokyo Gaikan Expressway

Tokyo-Gaikan Expressway
東京外環自動車道
Route information
Length: 33.7 km[1] (20.9 mi)
Existed: 1992[2] – present
Major junctions
From: Tōmei Junction in Setagaya, Tokyo
Tōmei Expressway
To: Kōya Junction in Ichikawa, Chiba
Higashi-Kantō Expressway
Shuto Expressway Bayshore Route
Location
Major cities: Wakō, Toda, Saitama, Kawaguchi, Sōka, Yashio, Misato
Highway system
National highways of Japan
Expressways of Japan

The Tokyo Gaikan Expressway (東京外環自動車道 Tōkyō Gaikan Jidōshadō) is a national expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company.

Overview

The name Gaikan refers to the route's status as an outer ring road (beltway) for Tokyo. The expressway is also referred to simply as Gaikan for short. It is the second of three expressway ring routes in the greater Tokyo area: the innermost is the Central Circular Route, then the Gaikan, and the outermost is the Ken-Ō Expressway.[2] The Inner Circular Route of the Shuto Expressway is apparently not considered a true ring road, as the alternate Japanese name of the Ken-Ō Expressway (English name is Metropolitan Inter-City Expressway) is 三環状道路, with the first character meaning 'three' not 'four.'

Currently only a section of the expressway on the northern side of the Tokyo area is open to traffic (Ōizumi Junction to Misato-minami Interchange). Most of this section is an elevated roadway built on the median of National Route 298 with curved windbreaks on both sides. Most of the roadway has two lanes in each direction (three lanes from Ōizumi Junction to Wakō-kita Interchange).

The eastern section is currently under construction and is expected to be completed in 2015,[3] while the remaining western section is still in the planning stages. This section will pass though the densely populated suburbs of western Tokyo; it is expected that this section will consist mainly of tunnels constructed at least 40 m underground (deep underground).[4]

The toll for a regular passenger car is currently 500 yen regardless of the distance travelled. Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) is accepted.[5]

List of interchanges and features

No. Name Connections Dist. from
Origin		 Notes Location
<30>
<(2)>		 Tōmei JCT Tōmei Expressway Planned Setagaya Tokyo
<40>
<(2)>		 Chūō JCT Chūō Expressway Planned Mitaka
<41> Tōhachi-dōro IC Met. Route 14 (Shinjuku Kunitachi Route) (Tōhachi-dōro) Planned
Same location as Chūō JCT
<42> Ōme Kaidō IC Ōme Kaidō Planned
Chūō-bound exit, Kan-Etsu-bound entrance only		 Nerima
<43> Mejiro-dōri IC Met. Route 24 (Nerima Tokorozawa Route) (Mejiro-dōri) Planned
Same location as Ōizumi JCT
(2) Ōizumi JCT Kan-Etsu Expressway 0.0
50 Ōizumi IC Met. Route 24 (Nerima Tokorozawa Route) (Mejiro-dōri) 0.0
51 Wakō IC Pref. Route 88 (Wakō Inter Route) 3.4 Wakō Saitama
52
PA		 Wakō-kita IC
Niikura PA		 National Route 298 5.3 No through access between IC and PA
U-turns possible at PA
BR Sakitama Bridge ↓ Cable-stayed bridge
Length - 1,485 m
Toda
53 Toda-nishi IC National Route 298 7.6 Misato-bound exit, Ōizumi-bound entrance only
60 Bijogi JCT Shuto Expressway Ikebukuro Route
Shuto Expressway Ōmiya Route		 8.5 Controlled by traffic lights
61 Toda-higashi IC National Route 298 9.9 Ōizumi-bound exit, Misato-bound entrance only
62 Gaikan Urawa IC National Route 298 12.3 Ōizumi-bound exit, Misato-bound entrance only Kawaguchi
63 Kawaguchi-nishi IC National Route 298 14.0 Misato-bound exit, Ōizumi-bound entrance only
64 Kawaguchi-Chūō IC National Route 298 16.8 Ōizumi-bound exit, Misato-bound entrance only
70 (1) Kawaguchi JCT Tōhoku Expressway
Shuto Expressway Kawaguchi Route		 17.6
71 Kawaguchi-higashi IC National Route 298 19.0 Ōizumi-bound exit, Misato-bound entrance only
72 Sōka IC National Route 298
National Route 4		 22.4 Sōka
<73>
<PA>		 Yashio JCT
Gaikan Yashio PA		 Higashi-Saitama Road ↓ Planned
PA location TBD		 Yashio
74 Gaikan Misato-nishi IC National Route 298 28.4 Misato-bound exit, Ōizumi-bound entrance only Misato
80
(1)		 Misato JCT Jōban Expressway
Shuto Expressway Misato Route		 29.6
81 Gaikan Misato-higashi Toll Gate
Misato-Daini IC		 National Route 298 (Planned) ↓ TB: Jōban/Shuto ←→ Misato-minami IC only
IC: Ōizumi-bound exit, Kōya-bound entrance only (Planned)
82 Misato-minami IC National Route 298 33.7 Kōya-bound exit, Ōizumi-bound entrance only
<83> Matsudo IC National Route 298 Opens in 2015
Ōizumi-bound exit, Kōya-bound entrance only		 Matsudo Chiba
<84> Kita-Chiba JCT Kita-Chiba Road Opens in 2015 Ichikawa
<85> Ichikawa-kita IC National Route 298
Pref. Route 264 (Takatsuka Shinden Ichikawa Route)		 Opens in 2015
Kōya-bound exit, Ōizumi-bound entrance only
<86> Ichikawa-minami IC National Route 298 Opens in 2015
Ōizumi-bound exit, Kōya-bound entrance only
<90>
(<1-1>)		 Keiyō JCT Keiyō Road Opens in 2015
<91> Kōya IC National Route 298 Opens in 2015
Kōya-bound exit, Ōizumi-bound entrance only
<100>
(<1>)		 Kōya JCT Higashi-Kantō Expressway
Shuto Expressway Bayshore Route		 Opens in 2015

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ "E-NEXCO Expressway Data". Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  2. 1 2 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. "History of Tokyo's 3 Ring Roads". Retrieved 2008-04-17.
  3. ↑ "E-NEXCO Opening Schedule". Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  4. ↑ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. "Tokyo Gaikan Website". Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  5. ↑ "E-NEXCO Drive Plaza Route Search". Retrieved 2008-04-15.

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